Theme Parks Reopening Post COVID-19

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

11 hours ago, Thrill Seeker said:

At the end of the Jobkeeper program it is a requirement for ALL companies to employ that employee for at least 12 months after the program ending. This includes offering normal hours of employment. Yes they can take up voluntary redundancy if the employee agrees to it.

Yeah I'd really love for you to provide a source on that. That post deserves more fountains than it has.

4 hours ago, rappa said:

They need to stop trying to make the rake happen. 

At last something we can agree on!

[red dragin]

14 hours ago, Thrill Seeker said:

At the end of the Jobkeeper program it is a requirement for ALL companies to employ that employee for at least 12 months after the program ending. This includes offering normal hours of employment. Yes they can take up voluntary redundancy if the employee agrees to it.

I think you've confused 'Casuals must be employed for 12 months before March 2020' to come to that conclusion.

By all means, if you have a source that back it up, please provide.

[Smol bean]

Here’s the last movie world countdown video can wait to see this park reopen tomorrow as it is my favorite Gold Coast theme park 

[Park Addict 93]

 

 

[Smol bean]

I like that they changed the banners in the back to a welcome back sign that’s pretty neat

[Tim Dasco]

22 minutes ago, Jordan M. said:

 

 

It’s great to see some great promotion of social distancing.

[Flynn_Smith]

2 hours ago, Tim Dasco said:

It’s great to see some great promotion of social distancing.

That's actually quite hilarious. What are the restrictions for things like this? Is there an exemption for these staff members?

[red dragin]

2 hours ago, Tim Dasco said:

It’s great to see some great promotion of social distancing.

The Premier appeared to be quite close to others at the second BNE Runway opening on the weekend too. 

[Smol bean]

Here’s a nine news report about the movie worlds and wet and wilds reopening where for some reason show clips of white water world when it has nothing to do with movie and ticket discounts for locals from 250 bucks to 159 bucks so that’s pretty good

 

[T-bone]

Why bother social distancing, no one social distanced when the flu season normally hits, what’s different now?

[Smol bean]

People wearing doctors masks everywhere 

[Coasterlife]

I'm happy that the majority of the parks are open but has anyone heard anything from dreamworld?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

15 hours ago, Smol bean said:

I like that they changed the banners in the back to a welcome back sign that’s pretty neat

Plus it's 'generic rake theme' so they can reuse them at their other parks...

6 hours ago, Coasterlife said:

I'm happy that the majority of the parks are open but has anyone heard anything from dreamworld?

yes.

[Naazon]

6 hours ago, Coasterlife said:

I'm happy that the majority of the parks are open but has anyone heard anything from dreamworld?

Apart from saying they will be open by September Holidays, they have been rather quiet.

 

Its a shame, COVID has been great for me personally and picked up more work so I was willing to buy a DW Pass for my family during our holiday in August but will have to wait and see if they will be open by August 17.

[Jdude95]

56 minutes ago, Naazon said:

Apart from saying they will be open by September Holidays, they have been rather quiet.

 

Its a shame, COVID has been great for me personally and picked up more work so I was willing to buy a DW Pass for my family during our holiday in August but will have to wait and see if they will be open by August 17.

Wut

[Naazon]

16 minutes ago, Jdude95 said:

Wut

Open by September holidays. Technically means they can open any time between now and September holidays.

 

They really shouldn't just open first day of the holidays. They ideally would open at a minimum 1 week early to get into the COVID rhythm.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Naazon

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Crowd level is pretty high today

[Jdude95]

4 minutes ago, Naazon said:

Open by September holidays. Technically means they can open any time between now and September holidays.

 

They really shouldn't just open first day of the holidays. They ideally would open at a minimum 1 week early to get into the COVID rhythm.

Do remember this is DW... 
They'll probably quietly open a few days before school holidays and then make a big fanfare that they will be open and ready when the holidays start. 

[Naazon]

1 minute ago, Jdude95 said:

Do remember this is DW... 
They'll probably quietly open a few days before school holidays and then make a big fanfare that they will be open and ready when the holidays start. 

Likely, but I'm hoping I can spread some of my local tourism $$$ around.

[Zac Beckwith]

13 minutes ago, Jay Jay The Jet Plane said:

Crowd level is pretty high today

please be sure to update us on how well the mobile queue works, and how the app holds up in the high crowds

[joz]

If it's all virtual queuing, doesn't that mean that everyone will be on the paths and they'll be rammed? 🤔

[Gazza]

It's an interesting question...What portion of guests at a given time at park are located in a queue normally?

Like at SW is probably negligible because there are only a couple of rides anyway, and those rides are usually not busy.

MW, not so clear....

[T-bone]

Virtual queue system at the park works in the same vein that fastpass at Disney works. Queues were packed today, and very little social distancing occurred. Was rather worrying. 

[Guest 239]

Atmosphere was dreary at Movie World today. You could tell many families were disappointed with their visit and I've never actively heard children complaining about being in a theme park because they're bored until today. 

Village really dropped the ball on managing expectations with this one. You really shouldn't roll out the carpet and celebrate reopening when half your park is basically a construction zone. It would have made much more sense to quietly reopen with a focus on local community attendance whilst aiming to really ramp things up for the next holiday. 

[StingRay]

That is a real shame. I mean if you are going to blow your own trumpet at least polish it and make sure it is all working.